2010 Schedule Released

Jan 28, 2010

Season Opens at Home on Feb. 27

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The 2010 Yale men's
lacrosse schedule became official today, and head coach Andy Shay
has assembled a challenging slate in and out of the powerful Ivy
League, which welcomes its inaugural post-season tournament this
spring. The new schedule includes five opponents among the top 20
in the final 2009 rankings, seven home games and six on the road.

The Bulldogs, who face Stony Brook and Hofstra in February
pre-season scrimmages, open the regular campaign at Reese Stadium
on Feb. 27 against Holy Cross. The first four contests are out of
the Ivy League with Massachusetts, Presbyterian and Lehigh
following the opener.

Yale, led by captain Brendan Gibson, has back-to-back Saturday
afternoon games against 2009 NCAA runner-up Cornell at Ithaca and
quarterfinalist Princeton at New Haven. Those two squads have
helped the Ivy to 15 NCAA Championship Game appearances and nine
national titles since the first Division I tournament in 1971.

The game against the Tigers is the first of three straight at
Reese, which is close to the final stages of a full restoration.
Penn and Detroit Mercy are in town before the Bulldogs head out for
three straight on the road: Dartmouth, Providence and Brown.

The Elis complete their non-league slate by hosting Bryant
before Harvard comes to town on May 1 for the regular-season
finale.